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classics2··on The U.S. can now set its own rates for mail from China and other countries
Want a real shock? Look up what it costs to send a 4lb package from the us to China, the exact same package they pay $18 to send.
classics2··on When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com
Guccc -> Gucci.com Gucce -> Gucci.com Pradd -> Prada.com Praada -> Prada.com

Low value target words just seem to go directly to google searches though.

classics2··on When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com
If it was an autocomplete thing all sorts of words entered would be generating false hits.

These are super specific high value search terms. Apple is most definitely being paid to do this.

classics2··on When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com
Wow. And these are all on high value searches. Somebody is taking money here, no way this is an autocomplete error.
classics2··on Engineers launched crash programs for ventilators. What will happen to them?
Like most get rich quick schemes, they will disintegrate and disinvest a few people of their money as they go.
classics2··on My dream dating app has been banned by Apple
Wow talk about using a straw man as a human shield. I can’t believe I’m saying it but I feel bad for the snowflakes these guys are hiding behind to get around the restrictions on junk apps.
classics2··on Silq: A new high-level programming language for quantum computing
Quantum computing isn’t complete bunk?
classics2··on Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead
Google is dying under the pressure to make everything they do connect to and be dominated by their ad sales. Google is what happens when you let he accounts start running the ship.
classics2··on Stop Sabotaging Your Career with Short Stints
Nobody cares how long you worked for your last employer, even if an hr drone says it.

As an employer What I care about is what you can do for me now. That’s it.

classics2··on Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly
Glad to hear it. Perl 6 was some kind of twisted complexity pornography.
classics2··on Facial Recognition Leads To False Arrest Of Black Man In Detroit
This is why you should be scared of this tech. Computer assisted patsy finder. No need to find the right guy when the ai will happily cough up 20 people nearby who kinda sorta look like the perp enough to stuff them into a lineup in front of a confused and highly fallible witness.
classics2··on Mozilla VPN
I stopped using Firefox when they discontinued RSS support saying “it’s too hard and old and lame! Oh but here’s Pocket (tm) which costs money and has nothing at all to do with cutting RSS support”

I wouldn’t expect much different here.

classics2··on How the Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowing its own fuses
Clickbait title.
classics2··on ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V
Intel Stratix 10
classics2··on Chinese dominance of antibiotic supplies could put the U.S. at risk
There’s no story here just an advertisement to buy it.
classics2··on Uber cuts 3000 more jobs, closes 45 offices
45 offices... why do they need more than one?
classics2··on Ask HN: Advice for passing a FAANG background check with a criminal history
Go to a company that does background checks and pay for the FBI background check. Know instead of guessing

Also make sure you’re not committing another crime by failing to disclose your conviction.

If your employer touches certain types of personal information they may be required report attempts to circumvent disclosure.

classics2··on Ask HN: How do you tell SaaS sales people you want a self-serve option?
Not every business wants you as a customer. Shocking right? You were kinda getting the hint but pressed on anyway.
classics2··on 73% Of Inmates At An Ohio Prison Test Positive For Coronavirus. 0 deaths so far
You cannot count on prisons to accurately report on deaths. Even in normal times they blatantly misrepresent causes of death.
classics2··on Stripe raises $600M at nearly $36B valuation
PayPal is fine until it isn’t. They ban hammer people “for life” and tell them it cannot be appealed for cryptic and often inscrutable reasons they won’t elaborate on or even bother to speak to you about.
classics2··on New iPhone SE
So disappointing. No headphone jack is a no go.
classics2··on A Starter Kit for Emergency Websites
Can someone explain why I would need a static site generator instead of just writing what I want in html in the first place?
classics2··on FDA just cleared a $20 Covid-19 antibody test
I’m surprised authorize.net hasn’t slammed the door on thier merchant account yet. Massive chargeback risk here.
classics2··on FDA just cleared a $20 Covid-19 antibody test
Not fda reviewed, they don’t even have permission to ship it yet, per their own sales page.

Probably violating the master merchant agreement of every card network by selling it at this point, so proceed with caution.

classics2··on Open Source Ventilator Project
Sure, have some home made barotrauma and pneumonia to go with your COVID.
classics2··on [dead]
Web site has popups for $10 bottles of hand sanitizer (1 oz) :/
classics2··on COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
Won’t every person on earth in contact with other humans already be either immune by exposure or dead within 6 months?
classics2··on Google's Internal AGPL Policy
Many viral licenses are just demands for payment by other means. It’s not really surprising to see companies recognizing it and refusing to pay the asking price.
classics2··on Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond
Not every contribution, even if useful, is worth the price the contributor demands.

The way to stop this is to just disregard the contributions of those who’s asking price is everyone else’s slavish obedience to their standards of conduct.

classics2··on Cloud Storage for $2 per TB per month
one thing that bothers me about this system beyond the hand waving math is what would motivate me to give up control of my data being available? If I have no SLA and no ability to convince a bunch of down hosts to come back online with my data, why store it that way at all?
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